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The easiest way to see how the CheckBoxes works are to use the existing built-in App Expenses Claims. Here are the steps:

StepsScreens (Click to view)
  1. Start Joget Server and open the App Center.

  2. Log in as admin and click on the pencil icon on the Expenses Claim to open the Design App. (see Figure 1)

  3. Click on Expense Claim New and you will be directed to the Form Builder.

  4. Drag and drop a CheckBox element on to the canvas.

  5. Hover the mouse over the CheckBox element on the canvas and click on Edit to open up the Edit CheckBox properties.

  6. Fill up the Edit CheckBox  properties as follows and click on OK (see Figure 2):
    1. ID: type
    2. Label: Type

    3. Options Hardcoded: 

      ValueLabel
      LocalLocal
      InternationalInternational



  7. Click on Preview

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Figure 1

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Figure 2

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Figure 1: Sample CheckBox in Form Builder

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CheckBox Properties

Edit CheckBox

NameDescriptionScreen (Click to view)
IDElement ID (By declaring as "type", a corresponding database table column "c_type" will be created)

LabelElement Label to be displayed to end user.
Options (Hardcoded)

Select Box options

Info

Options defined here will not be put into use if Options Binder is defined below.

Or Choose Options BinderOptions to be populated dynamically using Options Binder plugin.

Advanced Options

Data

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Default Value

Default Value when there's no existing value found/selected.

A Hash Variable is accepted here. For example, you may key the following

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#currentUser.firstName# #currentUser.lastName#

to pre-populate the field with currently logged in user's name.

You may define multiple default options by separating them using semicolons.

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titleSample
option1;option2;option3


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Validator

Attach a Validator plugin to validate the input value.

Info
titleWhen will validation takes place?

Validation will take place whenever a form is submitted except when it is submitted as "Save as Draft".

Dependency

NameDescriptionScreens (Click to view)
Field ID to control available options based on Grouping

Dynamically change the available options based on the "grouping" attribute defined in the options by matching the current value of the element ID defined.

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UI

NameDescriptionScreens (Click to view)
Readonly

Determines if the element is editable.


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Display field as Label when readonly?

Displays the value of the element as plain text when element is set to "Readonly".

Workflow

NameDescriptionScreens (Click to view)
Workflow Variable

If the form is part of a workflow process, upon saving of the form (by clicking on "Save as Draft" or "Complete" button). The value in this input field will be saved into the corresponding workflow variable named here.

Info
titleUsing a non-existent Workflow Variable name

You will get the following warning with the name printed out (e.g. status) in the server log if you attempt to map to a non-existent Workflow Variable.

Code Block
context attribute status does not exist in process context - adding new attributes to the process context is not allowed


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